Climate Science Abuse

Jason Mick writes about the other Penn State scandal. Climatology professor Michael Mann is in the thick of it. Newly leaked emails suggest global warming "scientists" are withholding inconvenient data from other scientists and the public.

In one email Professor Jones explains to researchers how to best hide their work to prevent anyone from being able to replicate it and find errors:

"I've been told that IPCC is above national FOI [Freedom of Information] Acts. One way to cover yourself and all those working in AR5 would be to delete all emails at the end of the process. Any work we have done in the past is done on the back of the research grants we get – and has to be well hidden. I've discussed this with the main funder (U.S. Dept of Energy) in the past and they are happy about not releasing the original station data..."

The emails contain outright requests for the destruction of professional communications regarding research in an effort to cover up public scrutiny of public flaws. The leaks add yet another humiliating scandal to Pennsylvania State University as they implicate prominent Penn State climatologist Michael Mann even more directly than the last release.

But then, he's already been cleared by an in-house Penn State white-wash... I mean investigation. So never mind.